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i0exception opened this issue Dec 8, 2016 · 1 comment
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time: Parse doesn't handle the WITA timezone #18251

i0exception opened this issue Dec 8, 2016 · 1 comment
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Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.7 linux/amd64

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
CC="gcc"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build802273434=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"

What did you do?

https://play.golang.org/p/5QrELIrjNQ Golang's time.Parse() doesn't handle the WITA timezone (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/).

parseTimeZone defined in (golang.org/src/time/format.go) expects any 4 lettered timezone to end in T, but WITA doesn't

What did you expect to see?

Not an error.

What did you see instead?

Error while parsing
@bradfitz bradfitz changed the title time.Parse doesn't handle the WITA timezone time: Parse doesn't handle the WITA timezone Dec 8, 2016
@bradfitz bradfitz added this to the Go1.9 milestone Dec 8, 2016
@bradfitz bradfitz added the NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. label Dec 8, 2016
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